Bug 246425

Summary:	Version bump - nvidia-drivers-173.14.15
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	nietonfir
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Ricardo Mendoza (RETIRED) <ricmm>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	anm.mlist01, cardoe, lack, pesa, polynomial-c
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122423
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	ebuild for nvidia-drivers 173.14.15

Description nietonfir 2008-11-11 19:59:11 UTC

As the current stable release of the nvidia-driver doesn't build with 2.6.27, nvidia released a small update that improves "compatibility with recent Linux kernels."

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge =gentoo-sources-2.6.27-r2
2.emerge =nvidia-drivers-173.14.12 (or stable!)
3.build fails!

Actual Results:  
Build fails!

Expected Results:  
Build should not fail! ;)

Comment 1 nietonfir 2008-11-11 20:01:51 UTC

Created attachment 171454 [details]
ebuild for nvidia-drivers 173.14.15

When installed from a local overlay, don't forget to copy over the files folder from /usr/portage/x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers/ !

Comment 2 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-16 17:29:40 UTC

This is in the pipeline to update. According to NVIDIA its a very beta release, and it's too beta to even be mentioned on their website. It's FTP only.

Comment 3 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-18 20:58:54 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 242156 ***